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T1 WEATHER Fair Monday aad Tuesday; geatle winds. server , V7AICH LA-lli a w paaae. "4 rw.l Sara Man ilrno aaa at. i hriag ft stasia eaprv -yolxix. no. 111. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1919. PRIdEsFlVECXIfK nr--:.. k . t said a SIX TRAHSPORTS 1 BRING SOLDIERS E r FOR EASTER TIDE Fourteen Thousand Fighting Men Arrive In New York ; , Aboard The Ships . GERMAN STEAmIrS FLY y STARS AND STRIPES Parties of Teutonio Offlceri Aboard Two Vessels To Rep resent Their Government; Record Was Made In Docketing- the Troop Ships, Said Debarkation Officers ' New York, April 20. Six troop ships loaded to capacity with American offi cers and men 14,446 in all arrived I here today in time to celebrate Easter Sunday, on home soil. Two of the ahips which arrived were i the German linen Zeppelin and Graf j IXTalilAMA Mnhin ffrtt trina .titflji i they were turned over to the United i German" O.eer. Aboard. J The Zeppelin flying the international jrclLaiUuStst: jnd irjpJ broueht l,(k0 men, including the ls.li i field artillery complete, 63 officers and 1,274 hen; the 339th ambulance com- - pany. J officers and 103 men f 73 casual : "uu "' " 7. .T ' for the intensive efforts tomorrow officers and a detachment of on. officer ! toP:otect, t,"rt' he A1" : Lports to he Trea.urv todav' were .n 41 nnrvt nt hn hosnital 44 ' bermarle Biflea, of Charlottesville, eon- epons xo ine ireasury today were WWilfiK inil ot three officers and 53 men, ' wifonaly to the effect that prospects Officers on Im.n the TU? being atrived horjtfonight preparatory, to tIT. rais,ug the h,,go loan of 14500,000, hospital units aid including detach-j opening April term of court to.lX were bnght. tad that preparation, ments of the 5th, 14th, 21st, 41'nd, 44th, ! morrow .when Edgar Morris, son of a ' mia Vu!h he W(!rk lo the 50th, 72nd, 07th and 202nd base hospi- Ulreene county deputy sheriff, goes on ! utmost during the first week or ten . tala, sis casual companies, 18 casual of-! trial for the killing of a mountaineer at r't'c hW loan demonstra- ficers and 58 convalescents. i a dance. Morris, while out on bail fur- tl0n lody although subscription, will Beth ships had on board parties of j niahed by his father on the murder in- ot received formally until tomorrow. German officers who had turned the dictment, shot and killed Magistrate By m'ddle or ftter Part of th ships over to the United States and j Bluford Sullivan here March 29. and t,,e Treasury hopes to have the who had made the trip across repre-1 since that time lias been hiding in the flr Mal2? rrP0Tt th volume of aenting the German government. j Blue Hidge mountains! A preliminary1 Pledgee. These reports', however, will Other Transports Arriving. j hearing on the killing of the magistrate ron thr" orou; aa' bpl'ini ctu' ... I., i . . DroBTeee made. The other arrivals were the big trans- j port Virginian, with 4,177 officers and ten, including the 316th ammunition train, headquarters motor and horse battalions, ordnance and medical de tachments and eompaniea A to G, a total of 18 officers ana 1,026 men; 91st , division detachments totalling 18 offi ; cers and 951 men; 547th machine gun ' battalion, headquarters detachment, midlcal detaehn-.tnt ani coarpanius A to D, 15 officers and 835 men; 816 : sanitary train, headquarters division medical supply unit camp infirmaries 1 1 to 8, headquarters field hospital see- ' tion, fteld hospitals 3 to 364, head- j ouariers ambulance section and ambu-1 lance companies 361 to ob4. 17 omccrs , and 878 men, 362nd infantry ma, ; ; chine gun company, five officers and 19 , . men togethe; with several casual com- panics and U2 wounded. ' ; The Great Northern brought 3,009 roops comprising the 110th ammunition ! V V j . men; 300 convalescent wounded, 18 casual companies of marines nad fur- toughed men ; 16 officers and 764 men, scattered of United States army ambu Ivnce sections, and 24 casual officers. The Santa Paula brought 2,134 officers and men, including 42nd base hospital, 2 officers and 143 men; 316th supply train, headquarters and mediral 'de tachments and eompaniea A to F, nine officers ana njea; i" transports-. tion coTpsrrsttrsnaen, Ki,0-reacb the tow.."- Each of the trooper,"" " WsVLVngtolsr prrp20BIclarI "vT oed trench mortar hattalion, beailqnar- , with tearousdsof ammunl-1 Austin, representativd in Congress from n-rs anu meuicai uciacume... .nu Dai-jtj01l ,,, provigi0I1(1 for da n, : the Second Tennessee district from tenes A and D six officers aad Cl men ;jPrlnpany was quartered tonigh in the U907 udM hti War,, ' A,ti 376th aero squadron, one officer and Odd Fellows' hall and tomorrow will i day from peritonitis. The body was 122 mea; 646th aero squadron, one offi-, riar courthouse whire the trial ! taken tonight to the Austit!lome in eer and 114 men; fourth trench mortar it fo heW Knoxville, where the funeral 'will be battery, one officer and 149 men and How Trwable Started. n'd. wounded convalescents, 136 men. J Magistrate Sullivan was tilled byj Former Representative Austin was The cruiser Bea'ttle brought i,6T3 ofv 20 toT dlstu-Tbihg a church service j twduate of the University of Tennea 1 flceis and men, including 32 casual offi- ad assaulting an Episcopal rector. H srd nine years as United rersi 14 casual eompahies; Stlt sroiv 1 Morria is said, to hav fired Ave ahots States marshal for the Eastern Tennes- teadquarters troop, Sve officers and ! ,B,fl th magistrate's body Immediately I district and ia 1906 was appointed ::38 men !tt5th Seld hmuitsd. foot . i after the fine was fixed and then ran i United 8tates consul at Glasgow, Scot. cers and. 78 mea; 62nd Pioneer fiintry, T officers sad 426 men ;, 40tb , telegraph battalion, companies L. and V. 7 afiuvra ! 305 ma. 1 Debarkation authorities said that;01 "T'ng aided Morris ia his get-away.Twectf " Tue-wsty iseeona, Huty-tfttrc, from 9:23 to 10:10 a. m. record was made in dock i or tmoMhirm. the Vir. i ' giniaa, Great Northers, Zeppelin and : bc" ! firaf Waldersee being.put into their;cc,D 0ft- I lrths in thst period by three tugs. SEAPLANE GOES DOWN i 1 aj purrciorilr nv; THREE GERMAN ENVOYS ,N CHESAPEAKE BAY rn rn m ucdc inire t J T- . TO GO TO VERSAILLES Rescuers Arrived Too Late To ! Will Be Accompanied By Two Officials And By Two Chan cery Servants j Copcnluigenr Sunday',' April 20. e:gs Minister Count Von - Brockdorff Banttau, of Germany, has announced thst three envoys will be seat to Ver sallies April 23, authorized to reeeivs ! the, test of the peace preliminaries, ac cording to dispatch from Berlia re ; eeived here early today. . " The delegation will be headed by Minister Von Haaicl, whose associates will be Berrcn Von Keller and Ernst SChmitt, Legation counsellors. They will he attended by two officials and two chaaeery servants. ' Trsnspert pekalb Arrirea. Newport News, Va, April-20. Major General William M. Wright, who suc ceeded Major General Peter E. Traub a commander of the Thirty-fifth (Kan sas and Missonri National, Guard) di - vision, arrived here today oa the trans port Dekalb from Fraaee. The vessel brought a total of 1J33 officers aad mea, ' a number tf whom belong to the Thirtv fifth. The units ef the Thirty-fifth di vision aboard the Dekalb Include the headquarters troops detachmeat ef military police and the postal detach meat, Hospital trem ,39, the 110th ; trsin hewdqnrr end 5M casuals Also; NEW ENGLAND STRIKE OF OPERATORS SETTLED Telephone Employes Will. Re turn To Work Pending Con sideration of Wage Bottos, April-20. The telephone strike that baa crippled Kw England writ since last Tuesday was set-, tied today at a conference of striken and" company effiflials, accord inf . to a formal announcement by tha com pany, ,,' ' , ,"' V. An understanding hat been reach ed," aaid the announcement, "by which telephone employee will return to work and the service will be restored pend ing detailed consideration of wage schedules." Following the conference which laated' for eight-hours a meeting of the ges eral atrike committee u called for 8 o'clock tonight. It waa understood that the operator! might return to work to night. Mountaineer ' Threatened "Sh.OOt UP" TOME at StanarOSVllle TOQaV (By the AuocUM Fran.) Stanardsville. Va.. Aoril 20. Bear-. , T"e 1? Ttv" ' tflDPIMIA Mil ITIH VIIIUIIUH IIIILHIn v . Aa a III UU MIL 1 ' U iui iiuilui uuum I 1 To No Cemmi.. P.I. Bequest for the protection of troops mde ,ter sports of threats made Kv frri. w. h.r. oin ' that he planned to give himself up for the opening of court, thereby relieving his father of the bail payment, and that- soon after the jury was chosen his con- federates would descend from the ' mountains, "shoot up" the court and ; MMML.u .h. im Hy td have threateaed the court officials befor whom the preliminary hearing ! on the killing of Mairistrats Sullivan is w hM AIU CaM R(t,llti. RMOnectioB of the A,ien rase in ,hirh mtmbrn ot ,he A11,n clan in the Bue RiJ Mountain, hot up ,he nm.ville court in Carroll' county is m2 whfB , mem,, of their band wa, trial and shot five person., including hc UM jud ,he A ,, u gajd h4T( M , A request for troops, tl The town of Stonardjville was quiet tonight when the troops srrived arid citizens here believe that Morris hear ing of the arrival of the noldiers, will remain in the mountains. In Hint event utnd1rlhLfc:p!.t,.ts ran, will go into the mountains to hunt Morns. The company traveled over 18 miles of P0UntrT .,,, hr .,ltomohlu ln-i'01 tB" eourt room, commandeered n automoouo and escaped. Herman Shifflett, a ' mail carrier, also will be given a hearing tomorrow an the eharra fchifflett ere since the killing 1 cf the magistrate but Morris has not ! Determine Tne Identity " " 01 Machine . ! Xarfolk, Va.,' April 20.-Cape Charles reports that at 7 jo'clocl tonight a sea i.rpor.lplane of small type, evidently In dis tress ana seesing to land, fell into the Chesapeake Bay. It rose t the top of the water aad then sank. Rescuers who ?ut i9 th "or! 1haB B,il of shore were unable to tad say traei of the machine or of survivors. Observers declared that the plane hit the water plainly in distress and that it struck with such force as to rebound several times from tne surface of the bay, before finally sinking. Inquiries st the Hampton Boads naval base avia tion station brought ths Information that none of the station's machines were unaccounted for, Eut officers im mediately sent out inquiries. - Laagley field has also been notified and will investigate, ia the bops of identifying the plane. - - Te change Hats late Heanefc BrittoT army huts Z ti u eoTerted into homes for workioimes if plans' Many gallant American boys fell under fire,-and stars turned worked out by thi disposal board ef the j to gold upon American service flags in homes all over this land. TZvZu,?!!&&l-l- British make progress in the neighborhood of Robeca. and aad bath ail en one floor sad the cost of i moving aad fitting each for resideneel would average Sl.nua Besides the huts la England, there are thousands in HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASSING FOR THEVICTORYLOAN Many Communities Hope' To Raise Their Quota of Bonds By Tonight THIS METHOD FOUND TO BE MOST EFFICIENT Reports To The Treasury Show Preparations Have Been Hade To Pnsh Work To Ut most Daring First Ten Days; Many Cities Held Celebra tions Yesterday (Br U Attottated Pratt.) Washington, April 20. Home to house canvassing methods will be em ployed by many communities tomorrow in an effort to raise their quotas for the Victory Liberty Loan on the opening day, and to leave the remainder of the three weeks for piling np over-subscriptions. ' This method, developed to a highly perfected state by a hundred or more cities and towns during the by many more loan organizations for victory drive, and -anvaasmg com- mitteea have been drilled and ornniaed In the official circular describing the loan, iaaued to.Uy by the Treasury it WM plfiJ h Uhough the federal bank'. u recognized "i1 K8""" fr ubsenptlons to thc lo' tue wtry of the Treasury PPeclatea the effort of unofficial aeics. comniaaions will be paid upon ubseriptions snd those who receive "! trsBsnit applications are therefore rendering ri- to subscribers ss a patriotic duty. Only the federal re serve banks are authorized to act as fiscal agents of The United States in connect. on with the operations of the selling and delivering notes of the Victory Lilerty Loan." Individual subscriptions for amounts up to 810,000 are. to be allotted in full, but those over that amount are subject to paring down in case the loan is over- (Continued Pag Two.) FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM TENNESSEE DIES w- Second District for Period of 10 Years j in nil. a year later ne resigned to ac cept the Republican semination for Congress from the Second Tennessee district snd was elected. He was re- :y-iourta aad Bixty-nrth Congresses, 8in retirement at the etose of tne ,ait '. Mr. Auatin has been 2" U tb pnM,tica of 1bw in w"h'tton. The onnr congressman ia survived by widow ..d two child c mender Charles M. Austin, of the United states nsvy, and Miss jane Austin. morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Second Presbyterian church in Knos- ille, Tens., and the burial will be ia that city. '. Bolshevik Army Surrenders. (Br th Attoefotod Pratt.) Ixindon, April 20. The first Bol shevik army, operating in the region of Bomel along the Pripet river, has sur rendered to the Ukrainians, according to a statement issued by the Ukrainiaa press bureau and forwarded from Vienna to the Central News. Up to the time that the report was forwarded, 20,000 rifles, 35 guns snd 200 machine guns had been headed over to the Ukrainians. ONE YEAR Hun troops, picked for their a t o-s-i jwewr. urivingr w iar as oeicneprey, one ana one-iourvn muw nonnwesi 01 ioui. dui are iorcea oacK dv courageous counter attack of American boys who mn nk then went over toP the enemy's advance northeast of Ypres. French artillery active on fjise v North Of Keime. a German ? l Kelms merman tHREE PERSONS SHOT TO DEATJBY FARMER Maryland Man, Who Latter Kill, ed Himself, Believed To Have Been Insane Laurel, Md., April 20. Three persons were 'shot to death last night en farm near here by Joseph . 1 Eagle hart, a farmer, who later killed him self. The shooting, occurred when Englebart, who is believed to have been temporarily insane, returned home from Baltimore. He first shot his sister, Mrs. Annie Slostes, aged 43, then turned the re volver on Thomas Smythe, age CO, a boarder at hie sister's home, and when Mrs. Bradley Allen, a neighbor, called at the house a few minutes later, dis covered the murders sad sttempted to flee, Englehart pursued her snd shot her to death when ehe had reached the gate of her own home. The finding of Englehart's body in a nearby wooda early today led to the discovery of the murders. Mrs. Allen, one-of the. victims, leavea nine children. STILL HAVE HOPES OF FLYING ACROSS Major Wood Says He Will Try Again As Soon As Machine Is Repaired DIda't "Hop Off." (Br th Anoelattd Prtn.) 8t. John, N. F., April 20. Al though local weather conditions were favorable two storms were reported today working westward from mid Atlantic, and for this reason neither Harry O. Hawker, Australian air man, nor Capt. Frederick P. Bay ham, Britisher, "hopped off" today as they expected in competition for the $50,000 prire offered by the Lon don Daily Mail for the first success ful trans-ocean flight. (Br tb AuoeUtal Pratt.) Holyhead, April 20. Major J. C. V. Wood and his navigator, Captain C. C. Wylie, who came to grief in their flight from East Church to Ierland, on the'first leg of their trans-Atlantic flight, will repeat their attempt as soon as their machine is repaired, or another machine put in condition for the long journey, If, by the time they are ready, other Colonel Cunningham ia the name of aviators have flown over the Atlantic, ; the allies V issued a proclamation they will try thai beat for reeera time. ; declaring that if there is further dis Msjor Wood and Manager Kemp, of turbanre the food supply will be eut the Short Company, both attribute the surplus flow of potrol which brought about their descent, to a defective ear-. buretor. They say the engine was per-' feet. The airplane will be sent by rail to Rochester, and repairs ore expected to occupy about a fortnight. Neither the pilot of the ''Shamrock" nor the navigator is the worse for the adventure, and neither man is disheart ened. Describing the accident Major Wood aaid: , "Until we reached Holyhead the en- gine had been running splendidly. I took control, and starting across the channel, v.o climbed to 3,000 feet. We REPORT PEACH CROP were twelve miles out when the engine nfilJAPCn RY CRflQT stopped suddenly as though throttle IWWIKUCUDI mUdl down. But 1 found the throttle open,1 - a and as the engine refused to re-start, Apples, Field Agents Say, Sttl turned for short and settled in the sen fered No j-j- rrom jw half a mile from the shore. . "The mnchine tipped its nose, and for Temptation a moment I was submerged. I was , thrown out of my. seat but-Wylie- id lim mi li iw Bar ,n not go under, as he was in the back Wttrict N.tkmti Saofc Bids Br a, it. WINTCR9. 2V i i t, i. .i 1 Br .Spatial Ltot Wira.) Mesnwlule, Parker, m the accom- Washington. April IM.-Crop reports psnying airplane, seeing us in difficult ef fleld ,,,, MIBpiled hr th, ties, landed in s field and got assist-, bureau of crop estimates of the United ' 1 States Department of Agriculture for Manager Kemp added that the flight , the period intervening betweeu April had proved that the speed of the ma- 1 and 15, show that the peach crop chine, was quite as good as, and eves! was severely daaiaged by the heavy better, than had beea i e-pclcd. --1n-Af'niffitrkm-' 500 CASUALTIES BY AMERICANS IN RUSSIA: 1 1 tions under way elsewhere in North Archangel, Saturday, April 19. (By j Carolina," save one of the reports. Oats The Assoeisted Press.) Since laadnig ! is -the Tar Heel State suffered some on the Arrhsngel front last September, what in the winter but have largely the Americans have suffered C28 eaaual-1 recovered from the injury' sustained, ties. Of these lW.were falatities,' there ' Thsrrop' reporter -otwerT es thst now having died of disease or been killed : nine officers and 187 men. The men wounded consist of 12 officers and 320 men. The losses of the Americans oa the North Russian front during the past month have been extremely light as most of the recent fighting has I-,, . - - done either by the newly-formed Bus- f 1 Ti .i.T .i ww -. ..m.!-;..- Carolina and Arkansas averaged te-U th.' Britlah Mn,p"Bn",8l 17 cords to the farm, while Mississippi bravely, or the British. averaged 16 cords. Georgia. Tennessee, SEBAST0P0L EVACUATED ! SjaSK tf iJt BY CRIMEAN GOVERNMENT! quantity of cord wood burned on farms and sold by farmers to London, April" 50.-(By The Asso-! dwcll"i ' rtii-ited by the De bated rresO-Sebastopol ha. been I J'","e,,, f ? ,0;v evacuated by th. Crimean government. 1' ?? "'"J"' ?d . . i ii . .. , i M.73 a cord. As a farm crop and as which is proceeding b Constantinople. . fne mhfn , The government of 8elsstopol Is now nked ,,0 jth in the hands of the revolutionary com-j Tvm mni ,.,. nB. of t-nortant mittee. This announcement is made in ! a Kunsian , wireless which adds, that I Thursday afternoon with the allied com-1 mand, a. agreement was reached for a. j eight days armistice, expiring April S5.! AGO TODAY. daring, penetrate American ' j m it. -i 1 poured a withering fire into Ger the top in truly veteran atyiq the Somme. th Avre. and the raid vfa rpnulfifl Ml- .Was repUlS.Q. , - , ACUTE STAGE AT PEACE OVER ITALIAN- CLAIMS VIENFM IN HANDS OF THE SOLDIERS BUT NO DISORDER Communlzing of the Property of Those Unable To Resist Has Begun NEW GOVERNMENT AIMS TO BE BOLSHEVISTIC Situation la Much The Same as at Budapest When Badicals Took Charge ; Soldiers' Coun cil Has Control of Policing of City; No Serions Trouble Is Vienna, April 18. (By The Associ ated Press.) Control of Vienna has been taken over by -the soldiers' coun cil. Quiet prevails, but communizing of the property of those unable to re sist haa begun. It ia possible there will be no change in the name of the gov ernment but it will be Bolshevistic in purpose. The situation is much the same as it was at Budapest a few hours after the radicals had takes control. Ths policing of the city baa been takea over by the Volkawehr. The parlia mentary building, waa occupied thia morning by two battalions of soldiers after representatives of the soldiers council had placed 3,000 men at the government's disposal upon the un derstanding that the police would be dispersed. The soldiers are commanded by CoL Roessal Wimmer, who takes orders from thc soldiers council, which is either socialistic or communistic. off. For that reason serious trouble is unlikely. While it is possible there will be no change In the name of the government, it will be none the less Bolshevistic in upurpose. Men familiar with the aituation still contend it would he easy to handle the situation through limited occupation by allied troops and also through the guarding of frontiers of Poland aad the Ukraine. They assert that with the help of General Petlura's forces the hordes from Moscow could thus be kept out. ever, do not show any injury from the low temperature of April 3. "Cora is being planted rapidly in eastern counties aad heavy prepare- is a fine season for preparation and planting of cotton. About the usual amount of commercial fertilizer is be ing used. The State of North Carolina out distanced any other Htate in the Union during 1918 as a user of wood for fuel. using an average or i h Jn n tl.m . That fit ran a tf f.rm , i PREPARING FDR FIGHT V pr pj' I II C VC RCpftRT IN D-KLIN oAlO htrUnl (B Ih. AtaoriaM Berlin, Saturday, April 19. The gov i ernmeat : troona .outaide Munich hare urmented by the arrival of 3,000 vtuniemDersers. prep,riUos for n deei.ive fight were proceeding la the city. Food conditions are growing worse; the food stocks. af becoming depleted. The Hcffmann gov eminent has sent la limited amouat of food for the women sad children but 1 Is reported that ths communists seised it. The 6partacans declare this report is 'untrue.' They say 'there is plenty of food ia Muaich aad also assert that the government troops de- cune io nrs on mem. ,s REACHED CONFERENCE SITUATI0NJN EUROPE (Br the A-eciatl Prats.) The situstion surrounding Italy's claims before ths Peace Conference for rights along the Adriatic sea board haa reached as acute phsse. The Council of Four Sunday - again listened to arguments by Pre mier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino, who endeavored to straighten out the tangle, but their efforts seemingly went for naught so far as a give and take method of settling the controversy' is con cerned. President Wilson did not take part in the session of the eouncil of the countries and it is asserted that Monday, when a further effort will be made to surmount the ob stacles which are hindering sn agreement he likewise will be ab sent. The Italian statesmen will de part for Borne Monday and wish to plnre before parliament the result of their work in Paris. V Italy, it is asserted, is still desir ous of obtaining the entire Dalma IIq sftqstand adjacent islands and also the city of Fiume, 'without aharing the territory with the Jugo Slavs. The Italian army is de clared to be behind the Italian pre mier in obtaining complete fulfill ment of Italy's aspirations. The threat is said to have been held out in a dispatch to the premier from the heads of the Italian army that in case Italy's desires were not ac quiesced in, Italy, without refer ence to tho conference, would oc cupy the regions to which she con siders herself entitled. ( The tslk of the formation of sn alliance to protect France from further aggressions by Germany, haa brought forth the statement from a high source iu the Ameri can peace delegation that the Uni ted States will enter into an alli ance which would le inconsistent with the spirit of the League of Nations. President Wilson con-' ferred with Premier Clemeneeau Sunday afternooi, but the nature of their talk was not disclosed. Chaotic considesatlons still prevail r.t Munich, where the government troops are declared to have been: aigmented and a battle for su premacy to te in immediate pros pect. Sporadic fighting is report ed to be in progress in the Bava rian capital. ' The soldiers' eouncil at Vienna has taken over the Austrian eapi aad purposes to administer it with a Bolshevik . government. . Troops representing the soldiers'' council have occupied the parlia ment building. No trouble in tho city ia anticipated. The allied rep resentative has issued a proclama- ' tion declaring that if there are di" orders the food supply will be rut off. Representatives with plenipoten tiary powers are to be demauded of Germany at Versailles when the peace treaty is handed to Germany. The Council of Four has informed Germany that reprcsentstives, who ore merely messengers, cannot be received. Washington Paper Carries In teresting Story About Mr. Daniels' Trip (Br Rpactal Ltaaral Wire.) Nw a ana Uutai tr Buraau, SOS Dbtrh National Bank Bids. " Br s. a. wintcim, - . (Br Sparial Laaaad Win.) Washington, D. C, April 20. "Wear ing his silk hat, and accompanied by Mrs. Daniels, the seereta-y seemed a trifle out of place among the thousands of grsy-green uniforms of America's fnmoa amphibious fighters, but he made himself extremely popular and was cheered to the echo when he promised aa early bnmegoing to the Marines,' comments Junius B. Wood, the Veteran Wsr eorrespomndent, in r.n article in the Wsshington Star today. His story U extremely interesting for its presenta tion of the human elements of the visit of Secretary Daniels and his party and tbe:r review of the fighting marines: "The rattle of machine guns, sound ing like a multitude of busy wood peckers, disturbed the still, sunny at mosphere of the Rhine and echoed be tween the hills of tlit famous river for the first time yesterday afternoon. , Marines Give DesMaatratlen. "It was Josephua Daniels marine bri gade re-enacting some of the scenes of Bellean Wood and demonstrating for th Secretary of the Navy, :he marine tricks of fighting with and against these tinrderous weapons. Secretary Daniels wss exceedihgly plessed with the battle demonstrations, although he expressed regret at his inability during the war to see the marine fighters in sction. "On a great plateau Bear the village of Tallendar overlooking ths Bhine ia the morning the Secretary and Mrs. Daniels, General Dickmnn, commander of the Third Army, General nines, commander of the Second corps, Gen eral Lejeunev ef Second division, and ethers mounted a caterpillar traetor aad nxii across the mean'ow fields te the reviewing stand. Then the eat're See- SECRETARY GIVEN REAL TOUCH OF WAR REACHES SERIOUS . , STAGEAT PARIS Council of Four Continued Its Sessions Without Reaching An Agreement ENTIRE ARMY BEHIND ITALY IN HER DEMANDS President Wilson Stands Firm Against Any Recognition of Secret Treaty of London; Extent of Guarantees To French Against German At- tacks Is Being Discussed Wilson 8taadag Firm. . (Br the AmocMxI Pratt.) - Paris, April 20. President Wilson had a conference with. Premier Clemeneeau this afternoon between drives about town with Mrs. Wilson. From. a high source In the American delegation it was learned today that the American attitude oa the report ed alliance between the powers te guarantee the tafcty of Franee against attack by Germany was that no alliance would be entered into by the United States that was not con sistent with the spirit of- the league of Nations. (Br tba Ataoclatad Pratt.) Paris, April 20. The Italian issue over the Adriatic has reached aa acute stage, where a decision one way er the other cannot longer be deferred, sal a deelsioa either way is fraught with serious consequences. Despite the Easter calm, wkiidi ' brought vast ' crowds to the churches end boulevards, ths council of four continued its sessions st ths "White House"' beginning st 10 o'clock thia -morning. The Italian Premier, Vittorio Orlando, and the Italian foreign mini ster, Baron Sonnino, were both present, . und made It known that the opening of the Italian parliament on Wednes-. i,ny has necessitated their leaving Paris Monday with definite knowledge of what is going to be done. Baron Sonalno Stands Pat. ' Baron Sonnino continued to occupy the extreme position, insisting upon the integral fulfillment of the secret tresty of London, giving to Italy the satire .PnluiBtian coast and Islands, and also ciatming the city of Fiumesithsut in ternationalization ot division with ths Jugo-Hlavs. Premier Orlando was rstber mors conciliating, though a telegram which he had received from the Beads of the Itnlinn army declared that the entire army was behind him ia Italy's aspirations. i spiain lorn, or rremier urianao s starT, said the telegram wss la effect an ultimatum snd disclosed how uni versal nad deep-rooted wss ths Italian -determination to secure adequate pro- tectinn on the eastern Adriatic coast. Be" Wiled That; tf these rights were not recognized Italy would - undoubtedly adopt her own course, without reference to the conference, and occupy the regions to which she considered herself entitled. 111 Wilson Likewise Determined. President Wilson's position was sail . to be equally determined against any recognition of the secret treaty ef Lon don. BeportaTif"a"eompwmiBsr,nttiB basis of the Italians getting the Italian quarters of Fiume and the Jugo-Slavs getting their districts were not eon firmed, as it was said that this was the plan put forward to the Italians but not accepted. But early reports indicated that tho session might be prolonged through the dny, inan effort te reach a mddle-gron4i f4) The extent of the guarantee which the United States and Great Britain hart 1 given to the French as security (gainst ' renewed Germnn nttacka continued to be the foremott tpple In the French ' press. The French representatives " maintain that the guarantee takes the form of an alliance. The Matin says: An Alliance Reported. "This alliance has already been drawn in tho form of a very brief text stipu lating that three powers will give each' other mutual support if Germany at tacks us again. The signature of the stipulation will secure a t the same time aa the signing of the' treaty." The American officials withhold all comments oa these reports. It is known, however, that a number of proposals have been brought forward designed to -give a more prompt and more effec tive guarantee of military assistance to the French than the League ef Na tions affords. But nonsvof these pro posala bad been accepted up to 44 hours ago. President Wilsos's contention has . been that the league was enough guar antee, in line with his speech before , a preliminary plenary sessioa of the . conference whea he awidv "Thst is in definite guarantee of peaeri it is a de fi nite guarantee, guarantee l.v the wr t against aggression it m a ilctlnite gv -antee agaiast the thhii; w lii h has j. hfihjddiBg reiurneo. v. j France that eaa be used, fCeaUaaed en f age Two) ' (CeoUaued a Page Tne.). 'ft They won Victory j we must pay for it, - j fas; casualties ia jeportsd, , . a , i
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 21, 1919, edition 1
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